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u/winslowyerxa · 14 pointsr/harmonica

Intensive practice can yield good results if you're sensible.

Temper your expectations.

  • You learn at the pace you learn; you won't get good overnight.

  • Treasure your victories, however small. A win is a win.

  • Be patient with yourself.

    Pace yourself.

  • Break up your practice into shorter sessions so you don't burn out.

  • Work intensively on one small thing at a time.

  • Break your learning into "chunks." It's easier to work on one chunk at a time and then string them together.

  • Work on something, go away for awhile, then come back again, but don't wait too long. Learning can evaporate if left too long, but can be strengthened by short intervals between working on the same thing.

  • Alternate practice with other activities so you stay fresh.

    Don't give up.

  • Frustration is always greatest just before a breakthrough.

  • Consistency will get you there in time.

    Learn from the best

  • Get a good harmonica book or video course. (I humbly submit that mine, Harmonica For Dummies, with 408 pages, tons of audio examples along with online videos and animations, is one of them).

  • Learn about good learning strategies. I recommend Daniel Coyle's The Little Book of Practice.
u/Aristotle29 · 5 pointsr/wma

Totally possible. Many of the teachers in HEMA started by reading the books (Where else did they learn how to do HEMA?).

Pick up this book, it will help a ton. Tons of pointers in it that will help with being an autodidact:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/034553025X/

The next thing you should do is look at some of the different styles of rapier on youtube. Look up some of the swordfish rapier finals, Ton Puey to look at Rada (Spanish/Destreza), and Martin Fabian for Fabris (Italian). Italian is closer to Classical fencing than Destreza, which you might want to go to if you have a background in that.

Once you figure out what style you'd like to learn, you'll need some books. If you decide to go with Destreza, contact Sebastien Romagnan through Facebook to order his latest book. There is also a new version of Gerard Thibault out, His book was designed for people without teachers. If you decide to go with the less beautiful Italian style, Tom Leoni has a Fabris book available on Lulu.